Cardinal Arinze Biography/Interview now available!

Here at AmericanPapist I think it's safe to say that we dig Cardinal Arinze.

Well, imagine my happiness at finding out that Ignatius Press has just published a new biography/interview with his Eminence!

So, in addition to the Ratzinger Report, we now have the "Arinze Report"!

Here's what Fr. Kenneth Baker, editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review has to say about it:

“Cardinal Arinze is a powerful figure in the Holy See. In this book he gives his opinions and insights with clarity and bluntness on hundreds of subjects. His openeness and clarity may surprise some readers since he is such a high-ranking Vatican prelate.”

And here's the book description:

Cardinal Arinze tells his amazing life story, and how he was guided by "God's invisible hand" through many challenging and dangerous moments, to become one of the world's leading Catholic prelates, and one of the top candidates for the Papacy in the recent conclave.

In the style of an interview, Arinze responds to a host of wide ranging questions from journalist Gerard O'Connell. Arinze talks about his life and experiences growing up in Nigeria, becoming the world's youngest Bishop, being on the run during the Nigerian civil war, and as an outspoken Cardinal who led the way for inter-religious dialogue with non-Christian religions, particularly Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus.

The charismatic Cardinal, also tells about his years of working inside the Vatican under three different Popes, and of his close relationship with John Paul II. Arinze and John Paul worked together on various important projects and documents that have had an impact on the Church and the African culture.

New book of the month? I think so.